What is "cetacean" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does cetacean mean in English? Meaning of cetacean definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "cetacean" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "cetacean": large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals

Noun

  • Meaning: large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
  • Synonyms: blower cetacean cetacean mammal
  • Hyponyms: whale
  • Hypernyms: aquatic mammal
  • Part Holonyms: blowhole fluke
  • Meaning of "cetacean": of or relating to whales and dolphins etc

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
  • Synonyms: cetacean cetaceous
  • Adjective: Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy. The poached blubber was definitely cetacean in origin, but the particular species could not be identified.More generally, relating to large aquatic mammals, either directly or by analogy. The obese woman, ungainly on land, moved with a kind of cetacean grace in the water.
  • Synonyms:

    mammal, whale, grampus, narwal, dolphin, beluga, porpoise, orca, cete,

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    cetacean in English: cetacean
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